January 25, 2015 Sunday January 18: Seahawks vs. Green Bay Morning, eleven thirty, driving through town. Oddly few cars on the road. Everyone must be with family and friends. Waiting for the game to begin. Businesses are closed. Except for the grocery store, the new Buffalo Wings, the new Dave’s BBQ, and McDonalds Monday January … Continue reading How The Young Are Taught The True Celebratory Holiday
Month: January 2015
Bending Gates and Bending Wills or High Tailing It
January 18, 2015 Last October I picked up a number of weaned steers. They came from an Angus herd, raised on grass, and certified natural. Just the animals I look for to bring to the farm. I trailered them to the farm and unloaded into the holding corral where they would stay for the next … Continue reading Bending Gates and Bending Wills or High Tailing It
Table Across the Street from the Reservation School
January 11, 2015 Preamble Sitting, at the southwest table. The Cougar Den is the only gas station restaurant in town. First bell rang ten minutes ago. He sits, black cap backwards, at the opposite wall table, two in front. She walks in, shawl dances around her, as wind gusts through shutting door. A glance across … Continue reading Table Across the Street from the Reservation School
Engaging Justice Prior To Movement Status
January 4, 2015 When speaking about the Christian Doctrine of Discovery and asking folk to consider if their life-ministry-vocation is to help the movement by raising their communities awareness of the CDOD’s structural injustice, a question sometimes asked (perhaps it isn’t as much a question as it is a comment), “what movement?” I think we … Continue reading Engaging Justice Prior To Movement Status
Chewing the Cud 